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Haematopota males are very difficult to ID and many mistakes have been made. I have tried to incorporate and circumvent these mistakes in my key for the Benelux (Zeegers & van Haaren).
The first one is, in my mind, most likely H. italica, indeed often recorded as subcylindrica. I cannot see enough to be really sure.

The H. crassicornis seems OK (easiest species, but still beware !)


Theo Zeegers